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Reading, movies, going out to eat at new places, people, conversation, travel, the Bible, human communication in general.
NINA SIMONE!! She died before I had a chance. A really good friend of mine in college introduced me to her music, and at first I thought she sounded like a man. That quickly changed as I heard more. Did you know she was actually arrested in France for shooting her neighbor's child with an air pellet gun? She claimed that his laughing was disrupting her work!
My Baby Nephew Freddy! Born 06/24/2006 at 7:18am Pacific Time 8lbs 4 1/2 oz!
I love all kinds, not a big fan of rap, but some hip-hop and r & b, I really love Nina Simone and all sorts of jazz and blues... Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, etc. I also love bluegrass music and tons of country. Then, I love Weezer and Dashboard Confessional and some other Emo-ish bands like the Get Up Kids. Then, I love The Beatles and Elvis and U2 and old Aerosmith and old Bon Jovi. I also love tons of Christian music, mostly the accoustic stuff, not the rockin' stuff. Bebo Norman, Caedmon's Call, Andrew Peterson, gotta love Third Day, Shane and Shane, Derek Webb, and WATERDEEP (they are rockin' though). So, I guess I don't have a category!
My husband is a movie critic/fanatic, so I've seen more than I could ever count and I have a whole new appreciation for each type of film and each type of actor and storyteller. So, I could hardly pick a favorite. Dodgeball makes me laugh so hard I could pee myself, and Steel Magnolias will always make me cry. The Exorcist is the scariest movie of all time, and I will never watch it again. The Pianist makes me sad to be part of the human race, the Passion makes me think about the price paid for my salvation. Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face makes me wish that I had been a beatnick :) Casablanca...oohie! So, that's a mini tour!
*Heroes* *American Idol* *24* *ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!!! So sad it's gone now! *House* *Veronica Mars* *Lifetime!!* *South Park (I'm ashamed, my husband makes me watch it!)* *TLC-Everything on there* *Animal Planet* * Oh Yeah and LOST*
*The Bible**The Lovely Bones**Harry Potter: All**Spiderwick Tales**Chronicles of Narnia**The Great Gatsby**Pride and Prejudice**Jane Eyre*
*Jesus, corny I know, but oh so true* *Nina Simone, she was a little nutty, but that's the price of genius*
*My Husband*
* My Dog, Rimshot*